This debut collection of vivid, lyrical poems explores the emotional landscape of childhood without confession and without straightforward narrative. Chang sweeps together myth and fairy tale, skirting the edges of events to focus on the psychological tenor of experience: the underpinnings of identity and the role of nature in both constructing and erasing a self. From the edge of the ocean, where things constantly shift and dissolve, through ""the forest's thick, / where the trees meet the dark,"" to an imaginary cliffside town of fog, this book makes a journey both natural and psychological, using experiments in language and form to capture the search for personhood and place.

Book Information
ISBN 9780820331164
Author Jennifer Chang
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint University of Georgia Press
Publisher University of Georgia Press